Mats Trygg (born June 1, 1976) is a Norwegian

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. He currently plays with the

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of the Norwegian

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Playing career

He started his senior career with

Spektrum Flyers Spektrum Flyers was a short-lived ice hockey team from Oslo, Norway. A merger between Manglerud Star and Furuset, it played the 1994–95 and 1995–96 seasons in Eliteserien, the premier ice hockey league in Norway, with home games at Oslo Spek ...

in 1994 and played two seasons before signing with

Manglerud Star Idrettslaget Manglerud Star is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Manglerud, Oslo. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football) and ice hockey. General history The club was founded in 1964 as a merge ...

in 1996. He stayed there for three seasons. In 1999 he signed with the Swedish Elitserien club Färjestad and won the Swedish Championship with them in 2002. He played there for six seasons, before moving to

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and the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. In 2005, he joined his best friend and fellow national team player, Martin Knold, playing for

Iserlohn Roosters The Iserlohn Roosters are a professional ice hockey team based in Iserlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia. They are members of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) since 2000 and play their home games at the Eissporthalle Iserlohn which is also known as '' ...

. He stayed only a single season with the Roosters, before getting signed by

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in the same league. After four seasons in

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, he moved to

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and the

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in 2010. On January 7, 2014, Trygg was named to Team Norway's official 2014 Winter Olympics roster. During the third period of the game against Canada on February 13, he was injured. While hobbling off the ice, he was struck by a referee who was skating backwards and knocked to the ice, sliding to the boards.

Personal life

His twin brother,

Marius Trygg Marius Trygg (born 1 June 1976 in Norway) is a Norwegian ice hockey forward. He is currently playing for Manglerud Star in GET-ligaen. Career Early career He started his senior career with Spektrum Flyers in 1994 and played two seasons before ...

, also plays ice hockey, as well as their younger brother Mathias.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* 1976 births Living people Ice hockey people from Oslo Norwegian twins Twin sportspeople Färjestad BK players Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Hamburg Freezers players HV71 players Iserlohn Roosters players Kölner Haie players Lørenskog IK players Manglerud Star Ishockey players NIHF Golden Puck winners Norwegian expatriate ice hockey people Norwegian ice hockey defencemen Olympic ice hockey players of Norway Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Spektrum Flyers players Vålerenga Ishockey players Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{Norway-icehockey-bio-stub